NEW ORLEANS —

After two cyclists were killed on St. Claude Avenue, calls for immediate safety upgrades are intensifying.

In less than a month, two cyclists were killed on the street, a stretch cyclist and Bike Easy's executive director, Allene La Spina, called one of the deadliest in the city. Advertisement

"There's a lot of speeding issues there. So there is a bike lane now, it's just a painted bike lane, there's no barrier between the cars and the person riding their bicycle," La Spina said.

Residents and bike advocates have been pushing for protected bike lanes and safeguards for years and Thursday, the New Orleans City Councilman and his colleagues pushed forward a traffic study that could take months.

"The unfortunate incidents that happened recently added to the urgency to make

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